Robert John Hopkins

Mr Robert John Hopkins

Hopkins was assigned to lifeboat
13. At around 1.40 a.m. the boat was lowered but when it reached the
water Hopkins and Fred Barrett had to
work quickly to cut the boat free from the falls as it drifted under lifeboat
15 which had begun its descent.

After his arrival in New York Hopkins left the White Star Line, and applied
to the American Red Cross for relief as reported in a newspaper of the time
(see articles). The somewhat inaccurate remarks attributed to Hopkins reflect
the confusion generated in the rush to get first-hand accounts of the sinking.

Duff Gordon and the others
actually left in lifeboat 1.
Whether he attempted to bribe the crew of that boat to row away from the
Titanic remains a matter for debate. The steerage passenger mentioned
in the article was Eugene Daly
who had also sought relief from the Mayor.